The "In Charge"

[MaximumPete]

An intersting article in CHIRPs describes the chain of command as perceived by the cabin crew.

The "In Charge" rules aft of the flight-deck door. The pilots are merely there to get the aircraft from A to B. This is not an isolated incident.

A very experienced senior cabin crew member grudgingly admitted that the Captain may be in command, followed by the "In Charge" and lastly the two First Officers (a long haul flight) "just learning".

I've come across this culture in the 80s but not recently and am intrigued to learn why this perception has resurrected itself? A knock-on from the locked flight-deck door perhaps?

For the uninitiated the "In Charge" is the Senior Cabin Attendant

MP